Smriti Mandhana Scored Most International Runs In A Calendar Year In Women’s Cricket

Star Indian batter Smriti Mandhana broke into the record books and scored the most international runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket during the 1st ODI against West Indies women’s on Sunday, 22nd December. She scored a fluent 91 off just 102 deliveries to take his runs tally to 1602 in the calendar year, 2024, and eclipsed premium Proteas batter Laura Wolvaardt who has 1593 runs to her name this year to make this feat of her own.

Earlier Caribbean skipper Hayley Matthews won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first in Vadodara without thinking about the consequences despite India’s depth in batting. Opening the batting, Mandana stitched a 110-run partnership with debutant Pratika Rawal before the latter dismissed for 40. Therefore, Mandhana made another crucial stand of 50 runs with Harleen Deol for the second wicket and eventually missed her well-deserved century by 9 runs. She hit 13 boundaries in her excellent knock, helping India to reach 314 and win the game by a huge margin of 211 runs as Renuka Singh’s 5/29 ripped through the Windies batting lineup.

Just before the ODI series, she slammed three half-centuries on a trot in the T20 series against the Women in Maroon and ended the year as the highest run-getter in the T20I too, amassing 763 runs in 21 innings at 126.53. Overall, the Southpaw has smashed five centuries and 10 fifties across formats. Mandana’s stellar form has helped immensely to win India games this year albeit the T20 World Cup in Dubai where he managed to score a mere 75 runs in four outings.

List of Most Runs in a Calendar Year in Women’s Cricket